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The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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hell yeah. “let it flow” from the waiting to exhale soundtrack
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and if you don’t like this you’re anti-black (i don’t make the rules) youtu.be/6J538b-OLRU?...
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am i listening to my 90s r&b playlist? yes. anyway this is still my favorite usher joint youtu.be/bQRzrnH6_HY?...
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My overall explanation for all the "military" stuff is "personal Trump resentment" along with ideologically-motivated "dewokifying" enthusiasts. Which is to say they wanna get rid of as many high-ranking Black people as possible. Women too, ideally.
But then, all the JAGs too?
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SET IT OFF is also a great movie
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this is a GREAT joke
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i have gotten so behind on my movie watching. i need to pick up the pace.
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if you like the reacher show btw you should watch REBEL RIDGE
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lmao
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this is incredible
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this is how we’ve enforced the prohibition against anti-black racial slurs!
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I write essays about constitutional history and constitutional law. If you have nothing to say about or contribute to those discussions, that’s fair, but please don’t reduce it to “Trump bad”
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nope, and he never will
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yes, you aren’t aware of a set of arguments being made so they must not exist
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my principal contributions to Discourse are the essays I write for the New York Times, which I will just observe I have never seen Williams engage with it anything more than the most superficial and sniping ways.
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Yes, there is this odd thing where Williams seems to think that I have never been subject to the kinds of pile ons he experiences, but that isn’t true. The difference is a) I don’t care about it all that much and b) I don’t see social media as a place to have Discourse.
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great book
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yes
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good thing this isn’t what i did
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one thing i’ll also note is that chatterton made this same accusation about the people who follow me — you are mindless drones and i am a cult leader — the last time we got into it on twitter
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he is simply not beating the allegations that he lacks a theory of mind for people who disagree with him. hell, the fact that he characterizes me as an illiberal “woke” figure is good evidence of that.
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the last point i’ll make here is that @chatterton.bsky.social is performing a familiar move, which is equating rationality with a particular affect and style of discourse (self satisfied chin-stroking) bemoaning the absence of rational discourse, but never actually engaging seriously with critics.
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and we know he has never engaged with critique of his ideas because he continues to write essentially the same essay, month after month, year after year. in each iteration, he is the rational man, standing against wokeness.
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i am struck by the incredible vanity and arrogance contained in @chatterton.bsky.social’s view that he is a paragon of rationality fighting against knuckle-dragging hordes. i am even more struck by it when i consider the extent to which he has never actually engaged with critique of his ideas
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now, we are going to ignore the fact for now that i very much engaged with his piece and pointed out a few of its many flaws. we are also going ignore the fact that my issue with yglesias is that he is distorting my work, which is a substantive criticism
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Since you are replying to some people, when you get a chance could you reply to this? bsky.app/profile/jame...
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and authority aside, your law breaking leaves the things you are doing vulnerable to legal challenge.
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if you want to impose new duties on government officials, you need actual statutory authority. if you want to create new benefits, you need statutory authority.
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Hey Matt, would still like an explanation for why you falsely characterized my work to your readers.
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oh i can tell that guy has turner diaries views
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i guess it depends how the next few years play out